help ID these intake manifolds

[typ901]

I've sent the PO a request for pix of these installed.

[typ901]

the only pic the PO could offer. they were painted red @ the time.

[chris_seven]

Sadly they still look 'wrong'

The transverse throttle bar seems to mount to the intake manifold an the end furthest from the fan and 'your' intakes have the mounting lugs for the upright in the centre which is a 911R feature.

I can't see a link to a cable or any other connection to actuate the throttle.

Interesting puzzle though.

[gled49]

I saw the manifolds in question at the lit meet. They looked like Mag, with the casting numbers and surface polished and powder painted. But now I see no bell crank axle. Here are R manifolds mixed in with other stuff. G.Led

[typ901]

thanks guys. I showed them to several others as well. Paul Bernado said they were part of a short run (10 sets or so) done some 10 - 15 years ago.
I asked if they were worth $1,000 & his reply was "...to the right guy".

[JimmyT]

These manifolds are factory 911R magnesium manifolds, modified in early 1971 by Mike Tacoma, an old school Southern California hot rodder, pilot, A&P, N3N evangelist, parts purveyor and restorationist, as well as being a germinal figure in the sport of off-road racing. That was a time when used planes and prototypes were still affordable and race manifolds only cost $157.89. He wanted the intake manifold castings to be 'Clean' so he used 911R intake manifolds with reversed 911R crossbar and modified supports. He didn't use the bell crank stud and ground off both manifold bosses. The linkage worked off the left rear using a Morse cable.

Following the brief detour building the above 906 street hot rod for his patron, Fred Davies (obviously not the contemporaneous British car constructor or footballer), he presciently left California and began importing & selling Wilgas. Even before he left the area, many people didn't appreciate hot rod 906's and the time that it took to refinish them (filled welds, smoothed, polished, chrome & powder coated castings, mirror paint), despite the many custom parts (In the photograph alone, intake manifolds, billet valve covers, progressive springs, air conditioning, even some of my billet fuel inlet bars). The special parts were out of view.

He did all the work on the 906 himself - frame repair & changes, machining, engine, trans, fiberglass, bodywork, paint, and finishing. There aren't too many of those multi-talented hands around anymore.

[typ901]

thanks Jimmy! I forwarded the names you mention to the PO. here is his response;
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Yes, car won Targa, once owned by Davies and restored for show/street by Tacoma, and sold to Mr. Bernat Chicago sold to me, frame off restoration completed to original 2006.

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small world. thanks again.